Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-05-19

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cover the manner of your escape. There
Will be no moon. Before daybreak You
will be on vessel under way for Eng
ispd. II YOU can devise any other means
Ut have any suggestions 10 make you can
communicate as before; We will pass
nightly until We have some token from
you We are two who have sworn To
save you one ut us viii ascend 10 assist
in your descent if You desire it May
God, 10 whom YOU have prayed, nerve You
10 your task
The next night We received the follow
ing answer:
Il will provide the ladder. which you
will pull toward YOU by the cord. have
trusted eunuch who will assist me, as his
life belongs TO me. Think well Of the
danger. have no right 10 place you in
jeopardy In case Of discovery, a rope
ladder upon you would prove your guilt;
YOU would he seized and disposed of, none
would know low except the headsman.
Your crime and mine are punishable by
death. MY life is nothing. nor would DE
missed. but You have loved ones at home.
Should you change your mind On the night
appointed, God have mercy upon mel ]
will not live TO see the light of another
day. have often meditated this act. l
have felt that God, TO whom have always
prayed, would deliver me and that would
he allowed 10 thank him ia his sanctuary.
II You do not lind the cord, yon may know
that have been BETRAYED II all is safe,
the cord will be weighted with a silken
purse containing jewels 10 reward you and
10 assist me i'll my escape Should you
not find this token. il VIII be because |
have heen discovered. Then be on your
guard against assassination. | shall not
look for you until the hour named. "
Mr.. friend, Capt. H.. had fallen most
desperately in love | say desperately, be
cause he neither slept, ate nor drank, nor
would he give me any rest. Ii was re-
assuring to me to see a fellow so far gone;
! had thought myself the only one who
could he so cracked He was always at
my heels. and had become my shadow. l
learned his whole history. The cause of
his going 10 sea was the removal of
fiaNen haired blue eyed schoolmate, who
had been his beloved little friend from his
earliest memory. Her parents had moved
to Moscow, and thence. as he WAS in
formed, 10 Odessa, from which port he
had last sailed. with a cargo Of grain for
Falmouth for orders. At Odessa he had
made the most searching inquiries, and
learned that a family Of the same name
had gone TO Alexandria about six years
previous He had been, until our present
adventure. remarkably quiet and difiident.
He had told me that his difhdence arose
from the fact that he was almost a woman
hster, and that he never expected to be
happy until he found his early love, whom
he last saw when she was | | and he II
years of age. His interest in the fair
captive was doubtless aroused by the fact
that she strongly resembled his early love
The eyeutful night arrived | gave a
simmer at m. hotel 10 .IIsy ,ny susnicion
simmer was order for twantv and WAS
.aryad q, II o'clocl which meant an all
night spree Wine flowed freely. and had
lis effect unon our friends At IL O'clock.
by a nr.cnucer,ed arr.nccment . note
was handed 10 me nv a servant Ipre
tended that il had be,,n sen, by nv second
officer and that il announced that nv
chief officer had killed one of the crew,
Anolopizinp for INV sudden departure l
promised Ia returu as soon as possible and
finish The night Nv friend, Can't. H..
insisted upon going with me | protested.
but he was obstinate. and finally. as the
compsny insisted thai i, was not safe to
ro alone we two left in comnany
We arrived al The p1te IN usnal aD-
narentIy drunken copGitiop feed the guard
literally. and paSsed through. A few min
utes later We returned Ard had our cigars
and lanterns lighted. pretending that the
latter had been nut ont accidentally, They
wer. so ready in assisting MS that we
gave them another handful OF piasters. and
made them understand not TO allow any
one 70 fo.ow MS They earnestly promised
and we started again. our hearts almost
bursting with rapid pulsation. We found
the cord; a purse as at the end OF il. So
far all WAS safe
Running 10 the farther gate As quickly
as possiblr, we repeated our former str,f
egy Of bribes and the guards promised us
rbat while w. we're in the street uobody
sbouId mass them Taus ". had the field
to ourselves. with guards on either hand
TO protect Us from interference.
W. returned TO the SPOT where the purse
Law II WAS readily discovered by reason
of its brilliancy. being worked in gold and
silver threads 4 stnut cord was attached
10 il. We pulled gently upon the cord
and drew down a ladder made of silk.
The night was dark. not n star visible
Thus far everything favored us We nut
a strain unop the ladder with both our
weights TO keen il from swaying. when
suddenly we felt a heavy burden upon il
and in an instant a man in n white tunic
Snr,np from The ladder and seiz,d me by
both arms muttsrinC sometbinp 7 couId |
moi understand Letting 20 his ron grin
upon me he TOOK 'he captain III 'he SAINT
manner. linen lie spfahS up 'he lauuer
ana dlsappeared'
we were SO 'aheh 10y surprise '.,a' we
cotlin not nave ueleiiuru ourselves "ca-
SION had required II. lreacher! OF h"' we
dld moi Eho"' ou' we s'ooa at our post.
Presently we iei' ps 'he s'raih ON 'he rope
mat some one WAS again descending
lhlS time II was the lllN nerStU. She